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time flies faster than a weaver’s shuttle Term 3 | Week 7 | 7 September 2018
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From the Headmistress
Keeping our Children Safe
Headmistress National Child Protection Week
Chaplain Mrs Megan Krimmer | Headmistress
Community National Child Protection Week (2-8 September) provides an
excellent opportunity for school, parents and the community to
Junior School
come together to raise awareness and promote the safety and
Senior School wellbeing of children. I commend to you the excellent article by
Mrs Liz Cannon, our Director of Wellbeing, which appears below.
Featured articles
Events The key message of National Child Protection Week is that 'Protecting children is
everyone's business' and we all need to 'Play a Part'. Research tells us that a strong
community is important for children and helps
them to thrive and be safe.
NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of
Upcoming events Child Abuse and Neglect) states the following:
We all have a role to play in protecting children
Monday 10 September from harm. The little things we do every day
Year 5 Fizzics Education can help to create safer environments for our
sessions children. For instance:
Tuesday 11 September • Be kind to all children
Year 10 ALE session • Respect young people
• Be a good role model around children
Year 9 workshops – D of E • Look out for signs of abuse or neglect; if you
canoe training suspect something is wrong talk to an expert
Wednesday 12 September • Always take reports of abuse seriously
Year 8 Geography excursion • Listen to the needs of children and spend time with them
Year 9 Drama excursion Children have the right to be and feel safe at all times. Teaching personal safety and
‘Calamity Jane’ protective behaviours are powerful ways to inform children about safety, risk-taking and
what they can do when they feel unsafe. This teaching is a shared role both at home and
Thursday 13 September
at school. Children who are confident, assertive and have good support networks are
JS CIS Athletics Carnival
less likely to be at risk of abuse or find themselves in dangerous situations. By building
Year 4 Convict Camp children's knowledge of safe behaviours we empower them to speak up when uncertain
Year 10 ALE session or at risk.
Friday 14 September At school we have policies and programs in place to protect children and to ensure their
Year 4 Convict Camp safety at school. We continuously review these programs and procedures to ensure best
practice. Our teachers are trained in matters regarding child protection and safety and
Infants assembly with parents our students are educated to understand protective behaviours for their safety.
Saturday 15 September To create child safe communities, parents also need to be aware of the issues relevant
D of E Bronze qualifying to child safety and child abuse. The more knowledgeable parents are, the greater their
expedition capacity to create a safe environment and identify unsafe behaviours and situations.
Years 4-6 Tennis Doubles Equally importantly, education helps parents from overreacting to situations that may
Competition not pose a risk for children's safety and are essential for new learning and healthy
development to occur. Bubble wrapping children is not advocated.
Parents can find more information on protecting children on the Child Wise website
and the NAPCAN website.
Should you have a concern about a child protection issue, please contact the
Headmistress, Mrs Megan Krimmer, or our Head of Junior School, Ms Sally Ruston, or
our Director of Wellbeing, Mrs Liz Cannon.
Chaplain A Tanzanian encounter Rev Jenni Stoddart | Chaplain This week Abbotsleigh welcomed back an Old Girl, Rev Helen Hoskins (1969), and made a new friend, Madame Deninsia Jerome. Rev Helen and Mme Deninsia came to share in Chapel and in classes about Bunda Girls' Secondary School. Rev Helen has worked in Tanzania for more than 30 years and in the past four years has been involved in setting up Bunda. Mme Deninsia is the Headmistress of the school. The school is a boarding school for girls, providing a safe learning environment; an environment conducive to study and quality education. In Tanzanian society and economics, girls are generally greatly disadvantaged, particularly in regards to education opportunities. Rev Helen and Mme Deninsia spent time with our boarding community, and students and staff discovered how much we share in common. It began a bond we hope to foster. Our Year 8 boarders were surprised to hear that Bunda girls have only two meals a month with meat! Unimaginable to us. Our girls' hearts were excited by the many connections and some spent their evening writing letters to the girls in Bunda. Our Year 11 Prefects shared a meal with Rev Helen and Mme Deninisia, asking searching questions and excited about how the Abbotsleigh boarding community might support the girls in Bunda. Watch this space for reports from our girls as they build connection and relationship with girls in Tanzania. Images Bunda Secondary Students in their classroom and Reverend Helen Hoskins and Madame Deninsia teaching Year 10. Quite a contrast! Community New exhibition in the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery Mrs Mary Faith | Grace Cossington Smith Director and Head of Visual Arts Unconscious Places: Photography and History Tuesday 4 September to Wednesday 3 October 2018 Please join us for the artist talk from 1 pm on Saturday 8 September and the exhibition will be opened at 2 pm by Dr Izabela Pluta, artist and lecturer at UNSW Art & Design. Unconscious Places: Photography and History takes the renowned contemporary German photographer, Thomas Struth's concept of unconscious places as a touchstone, and considers the ways in which photography can capture traces of events that occurred at a location before the photograph was taken. For Struth, this means that photographs can reveal the unconscious nature of place and its past. The exhibition features four contemporary artists: Jane Brown Richard Glover Lynne Roberts-Goodwin Kurt Sorenson The exhibition is curated by Dr Donna West Brett, lecturer in Art History at The University of Sydney. Brett is author of Photography and Place: Seeing and Not Seeing Germany After 1945 (Routledge, 2016) and co-editor with Natalya Lusty of Photography and Ontology: Unsettling Images (Routledge, 2018).
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When support is the enemy of resilience means of meeting up with you provide far greater opportunities
Ms Sally Ruston | Head of Junior School for social skill development, physical exercise and independence
raising. When equipment needs are minimal and your daughter is
As educators and parents, sometimes our intent to be kind, keen to shoulder responsibility, take these opportunities to foster
helpful and expedient has the potential to rob our children her autonomy and independence.
of opportunity for autonomy, independence and to build
self-efficacy. It seems tautological that in the very act of being Doing up zips, buttons and laces certainly makes getting out of
of assistance to our children we simultaneously stymie the the house in the morning with little ones easier and faster, yet
very thing we want for them; independence and resilience. Yet the sense of independence and confidence had when a child is
how often for the sake of preventing a challenge arising do we able to fully dress themselves is palpable and a joy to witness.
intervene and rob children of the opportunity to problem solve Giving time for these routines to develop with guided support
and overcome a difficulty. It is through experiencing success and repetition of instruction are so important in this progressive
in managing progressively more challenging situations that we growing of independence.
build self-efficacy, pride in our achievements and the certain Getting homework completed can be a nightly chore and the
knowledge that we can manage and succeed even when things temptation can be great to jump in, provide answers and
go wrong. expedite the process. Yet three negative outcomes result. Firstly,
The act of carrying a girls' backpack is a selfless, generous your daughter is robbed of the opportunity to build fluency and
one. Yet in doing so, she is robbed of the opportunity to build competence by completing the tasks independently. Secondly,
skeletal strength and bone density, as these healthy outcomes she learns quickly that you don't have faith in her ability. Finally,
are only had through weight bearing exercises. We also run the we at school assume that tasks completed 100% accurately are
risk of sending the message that we don't believe she can cope. too easy for her and thus increasingly more difficult activities are
Certainly, helping her with a checklist at home to ensure all provided, setting her up for failure.
equipment is packed is invaluable when such habits are not We do see as invaluable the parents' role in setting up a
yet embedded. distraction free space for homework and in finding the teachable
In allowing your daughter to sit with the discomfort of managing moments when cooking and tinkering at home or when out
without a forgotten item, she experiences first hand the and about at the beach, zoo, market garden, trail, or any other
consequences of being disorganised. The necessity to build experiential learning context.
organisation skills is made evident and the will to change It is in these very experiences that we build the robust self-
behaviour to ingrain new helpful habits is given purpose. We esteem and resilience that is so important to our children's
can assist in scaffolding just how to be organised such as wellbeing. To read more on how to go about creating an
recommending that items have a set 'home' and are always environment where your daughter's social, emotional and
returned to this location for ease of retrieval. physical wellbeing can thrive, I warmly commend to you this
Meeting your daughter at the classroom or in car line is a lovely article by Mrs Liz Cannon, Director of Wellbeing and Counselling.
gesture. Yet walking to the village or taking the bus or train as a
Year 4 inaugural Convict Camp Day 2 will begin with breakfast on the island followed by a ferry
Mr Murray Keating | Year 4 Coordinator ride up the Parramatta River. At Parramatta, girls and staff
will travel by bus to Elizabeth Farm where they will learn about
On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 September Year 4 will life in early Sydney. Day 2 will conclude with a guided tour of
participate in the inaugural Convict Camp. This unique St John's Cemetery where many of colonial Sydney's notable
experience will see the girls learning about Australia's pioneers are buried.
convict past and the First Fleet through numerous experiential
learning activities. To add to the authenticity and fun of Convict Camp, each
Year 4 girl will wear a convict-themed outfit. This will consist of
Day 1 will begin with girls and staff traveling to The Rocks by long pants, school shoes, a convict themed shirt and a straw
bus and then participating in a guided tour of this historic area hat or bonnet.
of Sydney. This will be followed by an exciting cruise around
Sydney Harbour aboard the tall ship, Soren Larsen. At the Year 4 staff and girls are very much looking forward to the
conclusion of the tall ship cruise, girls and staff will disembark learning, fun and memories that this exciting experience
at Cockatoo Island for a guided tour of convict ruins. The will provide.
day will conclude with a barbecue dinner, campfire (weather
permitting) and camp-out in onsite tent accommodation on
Cockatoo Island.
A day in Ancient Rome Rome. Students will acquire some Latin vocabulary through
Miss Susanna Matters | Year 6 Teacher collaborative role play activities, purposeful games and
storytelling. A guided inquiry activity will see them 'solving' a
Abbotsleigh Junior School is delighted to be hosting 'A day in
Roman mystery using Roman numerals and English vocabulary
Ancient Rome' on Thursday 13 September on behalf of the
derived from the Latin words for numbers. Finally, students will
Northside Gifted and Talented Network. We are expecting
participate in a ceramics art activity, producing a copy of an
26 students from local schools to spend the day discovering
authentic black and red figure terracotta artefact.
the historical treasures, customs and language of Ancient
Spring CRU holiday camps for Junior School students
Mrs Valerie Williams | Christian Studies Teacher
Many of our students enjoy these holiday programs provided by Crusaders, who
have been organising camps for more than 80 years and are the largest provider of
Christian holiday camps in NSW.
In the upcoming October holidays there are three CRU day camps in Sydney (Arden
School at Beecroft, Galston Gorge Conference Centre and The King's Preparatory School,
North Parramatta) and two different adventure camps at Lake Macquarie.
Each camping program includes a Christian discovery program and is packed full of
action and fun. Go with a friend or make new friends there.
Camp School year Dates Where Description
Sailing, beach, games, rock climbing, tubing
Splash 3-6 co-ed 1-5 October Lake Macquarie
and more
Sailing, rock climbing, laser tag, night games,
Mac time 3-6 co-ed 8-12 October Lake Macquarie
archery and more
CRU craze Arden Anglican School, Full day program with indoor and outdoor
K-6 co-ed 2-5 October
(day camp) Beecroft activities with lunch and snacks included
Spring into action Galston Gorge Full day program with indoor and outdoor
K-6 co-ed 8-12 October
(day camp) Conference Centre activities with lunch and snacks included
CRU bolt The King's Prep School Full day program with indoor and outdoor
K-6 co-ed 10-12 October
(day camp) North Parramatta activities with lunch and snacks included
An information flyer is available at Junior School Reception or visit the CRU camps website to book and check details of these and
others camps for Secondary students.
The summer camp program will be available later in the year.
Infants House Poetry Competition
Ms Darcy-Lee Tindale | AbbSchool Speech and Drama Coordinator
Congratulations to Wentworth who placed first in the Infants House Poetry Competition
on Friday 31 August for their wonderful performance of In the Dark Wood.
Each house presented a brilliant display of vocal variety using pace, pause, pitch,
projection, emphasis and intonation in their delivery. The girls' focus, eye contact and
gestures were clean, in time and represented the poet's words, meaning and mood.
The poems were bought to life with colourful and clever costumes, funny moments and
clever split speaking, along with speaking in unison. It was an entertaining and enjoyable
event and all students should be proud of their performance. Well done Wentworth for
your entertaining and well executed delivery and gestures.
CRU FIT Training Day August 2018
Mrs Valerie Williams | Christian Studies Teacher
Our CRU students continue to attend and benefit from the CRU FIT programs held each
year by Crusaders. On Wednesday 29 August, 10 girls from Years 5 and 6 joined with
other CRU members from Shore, Knox, PLC, Wahroonga Preparatory School, Covenant
Christian School and Roseville College to share in fun games and learning activities.
Alexandra Balog (Junior School CRU Captain) was joined by Poppy Burton, Desiree
Daher, Edalyn Lee, Lily Thornthwaite and Anica Wong from Year 6 and Matilda Brown,
Ashley Chan, Jamie Gow and Anna Sharp from Year 5. The program was centred on
a quest based on the life of the Apostle Peter. During the afternoon they completed
various challenges and considered the things they could learn about following and
sharing about Jesus.
Their comments about the afternoon included:
'It was great to be able to meet new people and hear about their CRU groups. All the activities were very inclusive.'
'I really enjoyed the challenging quests about the life of Peter.'
'I liked the way the games all related to the life of Peter and showed us something to think about.'
'We learnt about belief in Jesus through drawing, acting and decoding. We have some fun activities to bring back to CRU.'
'The leaders modelled kindness to us.'
'That was the best CRU FIT.'
Our students always enjoy the experience and come away with numerous ideas and resources to share with our CRU group.
Year 4, 5 and 6 Term 4 IPSHA Saturday sport Gymnastics success
T-20 cricket, basketball and tennis Mr Paul Guirreri | JS PDHPE Coordinator
Mr Paul Guirreri | JS PDHPE Coordinator Congratulations to Hannah Angus (6O) who recently
Thank you to all those parents who have completed the sign up competed at the NSW State Gymnastics Finals. Hannah
process for Term 4 IPSHA Saturday sport. Team entries have now has been training extremely hard over recent months
been submitted to IPSHA. Trials for T-20 cricket and basketball and the hard work paid off with some fabulous results
will be held on the Junior School oval and basketball courts on the on the day.
following days: • Vault – 24th
• Year 4: Monday 17 September 3.20-4.30 pm – basketball only • Bars – 9th
• Beam – 13th
• Year 5: Wednesday 19 September 3.20-4.30 pm – Year 5
• Floor – 13th
basketball and Year 4 and 5 T-20 cricket
• Overall – 10th
• Year 6: Thursday 20 September 3.20-4.30 pm – basketball and
T-20 cricket Hannah now has
the National Clubs
No more registrations are being accepted for Term 4 IPSHA Saturday competition in
sport. The tennis trials are conducted at our JS Singles Tennis Queensland to look
Competition, which will be held on the Senior School tennis courts forward to in October. We wish Hannah every success at
on Saturday 22 September, 1-4 pm. this high level of competition!
Senior School
Order your books now for 2019 When ordering online you will need to use the following access
Ms Angela Brownlee | Curriculum Assistant/Senior School code: 8ZNN
Administration Or simply click on this link: HSC 2019 Resource List to bypass
Campion Education has advised that online book ordering is the code.
now open. Years 7-11 can access their lists here. All orders placed online can be delivered to your home, office or any
Year 12 2019 – order now for Term 4 delivery designated address. The parcels will be delivered the week ending
Booklists for Year 12 2019 (HSC) are now available and can 12 October 2018.
be completed online at Campion Education. Please place your Placing your order online by the due date is the best way to ensure
order by Friday 14 September 2018 for home delivery before the that students will receive
commencement of Term 4. all available items in
time for Term 4.
Open Day wisdom take eventually. A double degree will incur a larger HECS debt
Mrs Marg Selby | Careers Advisor than a single degree, but it will be cheaper than doing an
undergraduate, followed by a postgraduate qualification.
The major tertiary institutions have had their principal Open Day
fixtures for the year, though most will probably be open again on For some; however, a postgraduate degree will allow the
either 15 or 16 December, before the close of UAC preferences student to specialise in a particular area or to change direction
for Year 12 students. entirely and it could perhaps 'supercharge' their career
prospects. Thus, it would be worth the extra expense. It is also
Much wisdom can be gained by asking questions at these an excellent way of securing a degree option that was not open
events, rather than simply wandering around aimlessly, soaking to you as a school leaver. This can be the case especially with
up the atmosphere. Some of the advice that was given this year a law degree, where a graduate Juris Doctor degree will allow a
was for students to consider whether they wanted to undertake qualification for which your original ATAR did not qualify you.
a double degree at bachelor level or to take one undergraduate
course and then follow it up with a graduate course. This is a Thus, different decisions are correct for different
decision where the right answer would vary for every student, circumstances. For other careers news including details of
according to their needs. tertiary open days and holiday opportunities, please visit the
Careers page on AbbNet.
A double bachelor's degree keeps your options open for
longer, if you are unsure about what direction you want to
2018 Sport Awards Evening – change of date archery for NSW, or making the national team for table tennis,
we want to know about it!
and call for athletes
Mrs Kate Howitt | Head of Sport Please feel free to email me with any news of your daughter's
accomplishments. Sometimes we will acknowledge their
The date in the calendar and the school diaries for this year's
achievements in The Shuttle, sometimes in assembly, and if the
Sport Awards Evening was Saturday 10 November; however,
achievements are substantial, the girls will be presented with
the new date is Saturday 17 November. Please mark this new
an award at the Abbotsleigh Sport Awards Evening.
date in your diaries. The evening will be held in the Peter Duly
Concert Hall from 5-7.30 pm. Please send me an email – I look forward to hearing from you.
(Please know that you can email me with updates or news at
If your daughter is competing in any sport at a state, national
any time, you don't have to wait for these articles.)
or other elite level, we'd like to hear from you. Whether it's
Museum of Childhood
Krisha Ghelani and Elisha Khannah | Year 9 Elective History
On Wednesday this week, we reached the
culmination of 10 hard weeks of work with
our Museum of Childhood opening. The range
of topics was phenomenal, illustrating the
variety of interests the task has allowed us
to explore. From Ancient Egyptian children,
to the Cold War and British Raj, each girl
demonstrated their love for history. Not only
was this academic independence beneficial
for each student, but their peers and parents
were able to gain a glimpse into a remarkable
variety of historical periods.
Seeing the final exhibits from all three elective classes was inspiring, and the creative
curatorial process had clearly been helped by our earlier excursions to the Museum of
Sydney and the Police and Justice Museum. In particular, we must thank our Elective
History teachers, the library staff and our parents for continually supporting us
through the countless late nights and numerous trips to Officeworks. This project was
unique in its promotion of individual expression, creativity and camaraderie. We were
able to pursue our true passions, an invaluable asset as we continue our journeys as
bourgeoning historians.
Rugby 7s hits the ground running
Mr Mark Everingham | Sports Coordinator
A successful rugby 7s season
concluded on the weekend with both
our 14As and 16As teams finishing
4th on their competition tables. The
seven-a-side game is played on a full-
size rugby field and each half is seven
minutes in length. All teams were given
two matches to play each weekend.
In Term 2 we offered six 'introduction
to rugby' training sessions for students
to learn about the game. Safety and
becoming familiar with the laws of the
game were the focus for the coaching
staff and, of course, having fun.
The season opened with one win and
one loss for each team and all players improved as the matches continued, gaining more
confidence going into contact and developing greater awareness of how to maintain
possession of the ball. This allowed for more attacking opportunities with every game
our students played. The final round of games brought out the best rugby of the season for both teams. Our 14As finished the
season with two wins and were awarded Most Improved Team
in the competition. The 16As lost their first game of the day but
a strong win against Loreto afterwards meant they climbed the
ladder into 4th place.
I would like to thank our coaches Andrew Winslade and Connor
Hughes for preparing the students for a game that was unfamiliar
to most girls when we started. Our job is easy when we have such
an enthusiastic group of players to work with.
The introduction to rugby 7s sessions will be held in Term 2,
2019 and we hope to see more students taking the opportunity
to experience an exciting sport.
Mathematics Town Trundle Public School’s latest recruit
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Mathematics? Just ask Year 1. Pets As Therapy Dog way out west.
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Elio Villafranca workshop NZ Band Tour Bon Voyage Concert
All are welcome to attend this exceptional musical Join us for a sample of what our band will be
experience, with Cuban pianist and composer, Elio sharing with our neighbours across the pond.
Villafranca. 11 September, 4-5 pm 14 September, 6.30 pm
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